Art of Portraiture
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
**Who are you? **What is portraiture? **How do artists use the art of portraiture to construct and reflect identity? |
Targets:
I will analyze why and how artists use portraiture to construct and reflect identity. |
Use the Google Slides presentation
"Self Portraits" in your Google Classroom to take notes as we explore artists known for their mastery of self portraits. |
George Ella Lyon
The Poetry Break
Host Marc Harshman calls her, “the most ‘can-do-anything’ poet in America.” George Ella Lyon is a novelist, essayist, teacher, activist, musician, lyricist, children’s author, playwright, and poet. She was named poet laureate of Kentucky in 2015. To hear more selections by George Ella Lyon click Here Where I’m From
By George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush, the Dutch elm whose long gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. I am from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons, from perk up and pipe down. I'm from He restoreth my soul with cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself. I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures. a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments -- snapped before I budded -- leaf-fall from the family tree. |
Click Here for an analysis of
Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon Click Here for a Template to write your own "Where I'm From" poem
(Evernote) Analysis Article
Resources for Next Year:
George Ella Lyon's Website http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html https://iamfromproject.com/ How to lead a group in writing a Where I'm From Poem https://iamfromproject.com/resources/ "My Story" By George Ella Lyon autobiography piece |